Sometimes I just have to shake my head. I have done physical security assessments in the past and no matter how much the “sales guy” tells me that their site is secure I never buy it.
Nor should you.
Recently, I did a walk through at a site and the Guy Smiley character that was haunting me never failed to look for an angle to try and win me over. It was all for naught. Physical security far too often gets lip service especially in a office space. I found doors that would not close under their own weight and others propped open and so on. There was even a keypad access. That would have meant something if it wasn’t for the fact that three of the numbers on the keypad were worn off.
Several years back I reviewed a .mil office space stateside. I checked some of the ceiling tiles along the wall that was shared by a defense contractor down the hall.
When I lifted the tiles what did I find?
Some one had been camping out listening in…from within the ceiling. There was a notepad and Burger King wrappers. Never stop kicking over ant hills. You’d be amazed what you will find.
Here is a link to the RCMP’s physical security page for resources that you can use to help when securing your own space.
RCMP Physical Security Documents
[tags]RCMP, RCMP TSB, Physical Security[/tags]
